納戸色

Japanese

Kanji in this term
納	戸	色
なん Grade: 6	と > ど Grade: 2	いろ Grade: 2
kan’yōon	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
納戶色 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 納戸(なんど) (nando, “storehouse”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “colour”) From colour being used for the curtains in government storehouses during the Edo period.

Noun

納(なん)戸(ど)色(いろ) • (nandoiro) 

1. a greyed blue

Related terms

• 錆納戸(さびなんど) (sabinando)
• 鉄納戸(てつなんど) (tetsunando)
• 藤納戸(ふじなんど) (fujinando), 桔梗納戸(ききょうなんど) (kikyōnando)